Belt game 5,958 · March 13, 1999
San Jose Sharks take the belt
San Jose Sharks beat Ottawa Senators 3–2 at home to start reign 2,291 of the NHL belt, the 12th for the franchise.
Ottawa Senators had held it since March 6, 1999, with 2 defenses over 7 days.
San Jose Sharks held it for 15 days and 5 defenses, then lost it to Edmonton Oilers on March 28, 1999.
2,291Reign number
12Team's reign
5Defenses
15Days held
Box score
San Jose Sharks
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ronnie Stern | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | — | — |
| Owen Nolan | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | — | — |
| Alexander Korolyuk | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Mike Ricci | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Marco Sturm | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Andrei Zyuzin | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | — | — |
| Marcus Ragnarsson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Shawn Burr | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Ron Sutter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Patrick Marleau | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Joe Murphy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Dave Lowry | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Stephen Guolla | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Jeff Friesen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Bob Rouse | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Jeff Norton | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Bryan Marchment | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Mike Rathje | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| Sean Gauthier | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Steve Shields | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 34 | 36 |
Ottawa Senators
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Viacheslav Butsayev | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Andreas Dackell | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Daniel Alfredsson | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | — | — |
| Vinny Prospal | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Alexei Yashin | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | — | — |
| Jason York | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Bill Berg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Radek Bonk | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | — |
| Shawn McEachern | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Steve Martins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Marian Hossa | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Magnus Arvedson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Shaun Van Allen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Lance Pitlick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Sami Salo | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | — | — |
| John Gruden | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| Janne Laukkanen | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Igor Kravchuk | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Damian Rhodes | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 4 | 7 |
| Ron Tugnutt | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 13 | 13 |
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